The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-04

ology 10 one thing. the principles Of |
10 cutie another. II 10
theology that has fought science and |
progress; true reli Jon hes never
fought anything, bat wept over the
errors OF man. Theology has made
frowning sbysses snd claoksring
chains; vialue, chOrity and love have
looeed thosn chains, kissed the paid
cheek and babe bs free. 05e prefer DIS
that its own cruel exsc.ion sre the
commands OF the great God; tic other
10 30 angelic voice, Chanting pescs and
good will among all men Gnd nations.
0ne Is the BteIn uttsranCe OF igno-
rance end superstition; the other
opens up green pastures by the side Of
etill waters, where ll0n0 and lambs,
princes and beggaIs, llJ down in har.
mony together Alb, mel what
mountains OF distinction rico up be.
tWesn The principles Of Chri stianiry
on the one hsnd agd TIE theological
politics q he world Oh the other.
at was here in Greece, | sJy, thai
principles wore first formulated "a.
garding medicine. The advance was
made here, the decline as1 occurred
here; Tor IL was here thet II 'culapan
temples were built and priests Fl 81
assumed control Of tho physical as
veil IS the fpiriLual Ills Of the people.
OF course, the progress that he'd been
made prior 10 this was now lost, for
the evidel ces preserved prove thai
these priests had obscure aud indef-
mite ideas Of disease. But Hypocrstes
cane, iidded it OF Its m 5st dense gu
perstition, lifted II out Of the cesepools
Of ignorance, and placed II upon a
pedestal OF dignity, from which II has
never fully descended. Thus, by the
contributions Of Galea AID others, il
went on slowly growing, until the be.
ginniug OF the dark ages, whom Ii went
back 10 the priGsis sgaiD.
81. mas been said that the world
moves in circles and that history re-
pests itself. How trus this Ia OF med.
iciDe. Wrested from the Asclepisdaen
priesta OF sncient Greece, II wandered
onward and upward for hundreds Of
Year,, and .hen went back 10 the
priests OF tbs middle ages. Again the
supernatural prevailed. Payer was
all, and the inf lenoe OF drugs was for
gotten. The marvellous and miracu.
Ions we're u9permost In the minds Of
mes. They ceased TO think and began
70 tremble.
"Ths dark eges had come like q
blsckening pail and spread over
Europe, shuttisg out the moral and
intellectual light as q dark cloud shuts
out tho suu, and medicine psrticipaie ed
in this decline fully with other de-
psrtments Il learning. The night OF
despair, the black destroyer Il hope,
had come, the effects Of which were
10 trail and last for 1000 years. Sci
ence and art withered before the
frightening blast Of mental slavery, as
the grass before the arid simeon.
Sculpture was soon no more, and the
art would lave been lost had not some
pieces boon accidentally preserved.
Poetry and learning gave place TO the
most piosaic superstition, and liberty
-ahi where was she. No goddess
here TO hold high the torch. Genius
hung her head, for her atmotp here
had aov,. and In her stead slavery
ranked and grew. The church, which
should always be the dissemination a
the freest thoughts, became the en-.
slavor OF the world, and bigotry took
the place d religion.
"Hsw like Z sx or, this long night
Of winter which has set In, embracing
In the awful circle Of lie Icy arms oil
that 10 greatest and best. In the dim
twilight OF the approaching night We
can SEQ brave mon striving TO sdvsn1e
our noble profession against the OPP
positions that we're, but like the aogry
sea wavs followed wave In quick sue.
cession, laved round thar manly
forms, Tapped the banks behind them
and then grew siill, "a did their pure.
sweet lives, and the Icy death Of tx.
norAncs entombed them where they
were, and night brooded over the land
and over tho sea, and over the islands
within the sea.
"He who cannot see an evolution In
medicine, surely does not want 10 zee
ID. II may frat be noticed creeping
out OF nature. as q sickly plant upon
an ill-euited eol struggling against
sdyerslty for the sustenance OF life.
We sec Il nourished q little. hold
up It's head as II encouraged. We 500
10 fed by the scerotion OF author after
author, until II assumes respectable
proportions. We see /. subjsct 10 the
same laws Of growth ard decay with
similar Institutions and professions.
We zee II droop az tie intellectual
world dToope, AID eIult a. the world
sxulis. We seo II fighting enemies
from sundry sources. We see Il fight.
ing other Institutions for ita indie.
pendent existence. We SEQ Il d shtine
the dcgmss Of authors for hundTc d
Of years. We res the Alex andrisn
library reared, aud books collected
from all available sources. We see
improvements follow and progressive
men raise their heads In encourage.
meht, ready 10 take q great leap Tor.
ward. We Gee their spirits clutched
by the Wild blast from the east, foi
the iaraticA torch had leveled 10 the
earth the great library OF the psople.
We sce upon the fall Of the EN- plrs oil
the east learned men scattered from
their homes like the leaves OF autamn.
We see many Of them carrying their
learning into western Europe. We
zee proiessorships established at on.
ford and Cambridge, and these place 4
become medical nuclei Tor the dissem.
nation Of learning. We see the prin.
siples OF Galen and the therapeutics Of
Dioseorides lasting Tor hundreds OF
years; not hsoause these authors
thought 90 deeply or wrote 90 learn.
eddy, but because Of the degenefacy
and INTERPRETATIONS OF the year,
that followed them. We see medical
teachers erovdipg the dosmas Of their
ptedecessln into the heads OF their
students and busyiug themselves "a